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Are Your Cloud Secrets Truly Protected?
How Secure Are Your Cloud Secrets? Is your organization truly protecting its cloud secrets, or are there gaps that might be exploited by malicious cyber actors? Non-Human Identities (NHIs) and Secrets Security Management is emerging as an essential cybersecurity strategy to safeguard these crucial data assets. In this blog post, we delve into the intricacies […]
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Harnessing Innovation for Better NHIs?
Are We Ready to Embrace NHI Innovation? Cybersecurity within various industry verticals has witnessed remarkable transformations due to rapid advancements in technology. But, amidst all the buzz, have we been successful in fully embracing the NHI innovation? Non-Human Identities (NHIs) and Secrets Security Management have surfaced as an unexpected game-changer in the cybersecurity ecosystem, offering […]
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Is Your Secrets Management Scalable?
Is Your Organization Achieving Scalable Secrets Management? How well does your organization manage its Non-Human Identities (NHIs) and their secrets? A cybersecurity expert often asked about the best methods for managing NHIs, especially where the need for scalable and robust security measures is increasing. This post explores why a comprehensive approach to NHI and Secrets […]
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Deceptive Signatures: Advanced Techniques in BEC Attacks
- Sophistication of BEC Attacks: Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks are becoming increasingly sophisticated, leveraging advanced social engineering, AI-driven personalization, and phishing kits in order to overcome MFA protections.
- Exploitation of Trust: Some threat actor groups have been discovered levering a technique that involves embedding phishing lures within email signature blocks on user accounts. This deceptive tactic exploits recipients’ trust and attention to the benign nature of signature sections by replacing it with a formatted email. It can also remain undetected during certain investigative steps as it's not considered an inbox rule change which could be associated with specific audit logging and alerting.
- Cascading Impact: Once initial credentials are compromised, attackers often use these accounts to launch secondary phishing campaigns, expanding their reach and escalating financial and reputational damage to organizations. Additionally, even after a password change and a threat actor has lost access to a previously compromised account, if the signature block alteration is not caught and remediated quickly, then normal sending of emails by the user may unknowingly perpetuate the attack forward.
Business email compromise attacks have become increasingly common in recent years, driven by sophisticated social engineering tactics that make it easier to dupe victims. This is in part to the believability that the threat actors are able to achieve by collecting sensitive information from publicly available sources, including corporate websites and social media. Criminals leverage this information to pose as trusted colleagues or business partners, using stolen or spoofed email accounts to deliver convincing messages that prompt recipients to transfer funds or disclose confidential information. The evolving nature of these schemes is characterized by their high success rate, low technological barriers to entry for threat actors, and the substantial financial losses incurred by victim organizations. Advancements in automation, AI-driven personalization, and ready-to-use phishing kits have further accelerated the proliferation of BEC attacks, creating a lucrative marketplace for cybercriminals.
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